Vocabulary: polarize and chastise
Real People: On the back of Officer Max Lally's interview, write three well-developed examples of what information surprised you.
Concorde accident and Minneapolis bridge collapse videos
Worksheets: Direct Objects
Friday, May 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tyvarian Brochures
Brochure rubric
Schedule
April 18 and 20
Media Center computers.Print.
April 22
Peer Review brochure progress.
April 26
Revise brochures at Media Center.
April 28
Edit brochures in class.
May 2
Revise brochures in Media Center.
May 4
Print brochures and get them ready to present to Whitewater.
Schedule
April 18 and 20
Media Center computers.Print.
April 22
Peer Review brochure progress.
April 26
Revise brochures at Media Center.
April 28
Edit brochures in class.
May 2
Revise brochures in Media Center.
May 4
Print brochures and get them ready to present to Whitewater.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
April 5
Whitewater Tyvarian Brochures
Using Color
1. Go to Oracle's ThinkQuest, Using Colors in Advertising, and summarize the effects of each color.
2. Go to Behr.com and register. Then go to the Color Smart tab and play for 5-10 minutes with various color combinations. Your goal is to get color ideas for your brochure.
Writing Text
1. Create a Word document with text you can use in your brochure. Choose phrases/sentences from the "Whitewater Inc. Brochures" handout. I took the information from Whitewaterinc.com under Products, Vanity Tops, Bath/Shower Surrounds.
2. Print what you write today and give it to me.
Next time (or today if you have time), you can start creating your brochure.
Using Color
1. Go to Oracle's ThinkQuest, Using Colors in Advertising, and summarize the effects of each color.
2. Go to Behr.com and register. Then go to the Color Smart tab and play for 5-10 minutes with various color combinations. Your goal is to get color ideas for your brochure.
Writing Text
1. Create a Word document with text you can use in your brochure. Choose phrases/sentences from the "Whitewater Inc. Brochures" handout. I took the information from Whitewaterinc.com under Products, Vanity Tops, Bath/Shower Surrounds.
2. Print what you write today and give it to me.
Next time (or today if you have time), you can start creating your brochure.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tyvarian Brochures for Whitewater, Inc.
Whitewater, Inc. is manufacturing a new project they call "Tyvarian." Whitewater makes two products from Tyvarian: vanity tops and tub/shower surrounds. While creating your brochure, use some/all of the following descriptions of Tyvarian (taken from the Whitewater, Inc. website):
1. Creating beautiful tub and shower wall surrounds has been Whitewater's specialty for decades. When Utah builders and homeowners think of Grout-Free tub and shower wall surrounds like cultured marble, they think of Whitewater. Well now we’ve given cultured marble a facelift, with our new Tyvarian products. Design and style like you’ve never seen before in the bathroom.
2. To give your bathroom a distinctive edge that is both beautiful and practical, choose a tub surround from Whitewater. With a wide selection of colors and easy to clean Grout Free Surfaces, Tyvarian tub surrounds will help you create the bathroom of your dreams. The luxurious look of granite, stone, travertine, limestone, marble, and more than 70 additional colors and styles are now available for your shower at surprisingly low prices.
3. Tyvarian bathtub wall surrounds are made with a new and innovative patent pending technology that incorporates images onto polyester resin. The protective clear topcoat "Tyvarian Skin" encapsulates and protects a high resolution image. The wall surrounds are also UV resistant so you won't have to worry about colors fading over time like other products.
4. Tyvarian vanity tops are an innovative and unique vanity top that will give your bathroom more style, luxury, and value for your dollar than you ever imagined. Tyvarian is a tough, durable, moisture resistant bath vanity top that uses high-resolution digital printing technology to provide an array of colors and styles that have never been available at such affordable prices.
5. Tyvarian vanity tops not only provide more style, they provide a quality product that is much more durable than traditional laminate and even stronger than cultured marble. Tyvarian vanity tops will not delaminate with heat or moisture, they are stain and chemical resistant and they are backed by 3 cm thick MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard). Once you see the colors, styles and price of this beautiful product, you’ll understand why the top builders across Utah are choosing Tyvarian vanity tops over other luxury surfaces.
1. Creating beautiful tub and shower wall surrounds has been Whitewater's specialty for decades. When Utah builders and homeowners think of Grout-Free tub and shower wall surrounds like cultured marble, they think of Whitewater. Well now we’ve given cultured marble a facelift, with our new Tyvarian products. Design and style like you’ve never seen before in the bathroom.
2. To give your bathroom a distinctive edge that is both beautiful and practical, choose a tub surround from Whitewater. With a wide selection of colors and easy to clean Grout Free Surfaces, Tyvarian tub surrounds will help you create the bathroom of your dreams. The luxurious look of granite, stone, travertine, limestone, marble, and more than 70 additional colors and styles are now available for your shower at surprisingly low prices.
3. Tyvarian bathtub wall surrounds are made with a new and innovative patent pending technology that incorporates images onto polyester resin. The protective clear topcoat "Tyvarian Skin" encapsulates and protects a high resolution image. The wall surrounds are also UV resistant so you won't have to worry about colors fading over time like other products.
4. Tyvarian vanity tops are an innovative and unique vanity top that will give your bathroom more style, luxury, and value for your dollar than you ever imagined. Tyvarian is a tough, durable, moisture resistant bath vanity top that uses high-resolution digital printing technology to provide an array of colors and styles that have never been available at such affordable prices.
5. Tyvarian vanity tops not only provide more style, they provide a quality product that is much more durable than traditional laminate and even stronger than cultured marble. Tyvarian vanity tops will not delaminate with heat or moisture, they are stain and chemical resistant and they are backed by 3 cm thick MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard). Once you see the colors, styles and price of this beautiful product, you’ll understand why the top builders across Utah are choosing Tyvarian vanity tops over other luxury surfaces.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Poster Assignment--March 16, 18, 22, 24, and 28
Using the anti-drug slogan we come up with, create two posters: 1) using clip art, and 2) using a digital photo or scanned picture.
Follow these directions:
How-to Tutorial for Creating Posters
Follow these directions:
How-to Tutorial for Creating Posters
Friday, February 25, 2011
Term 3 Reading: 200 Pages and 4 Book Chats
You've all chosen a book to read this term. Read 50 pages for each Book Chat (tell me when you're ready).
Book Chat 1 (50 pages): by February 25
Book Chat 2: by March 3
Book Chat 3: by March 16
Book Chat 4: March 24
Book Chat 1 (50 pages): by February 25
Book Chat 2: by March 3
Book Chat 3: by March 16
Book Chat 4: March 24
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Book Page Design
February 25 and March 3 Writing Lab Assignment (20 points)
You will have today and next time to design a "Lucy Flake" page for a book I'm hoping to publish. Use what you've learned about alignment, repetition, contrast, and proximity to create a page that's visually attractive and easy to read.
1. Open a Word document, go to File, Page Setup, and put in the following page dimensions: Top (1"); Left (2.05"); Bottom (1"); and Right (2.05").
2. Decide what fonts you're going to use; create a heading that reads Lucy Flake.
3. Insert visuals/photographs of Lucy, Prudence, and Will. Since the visual of Lucy is big, you should crop it (perhaps only keep her head and shoulders).
4. Create captions for the pictures.
5. Using proximity," include the following information on the page: birth/death/marriage dates, number of children.
6. Decide how to present the information about Will Flake--text box? caption?.
7. Extra Credit: Create a small map of Beaver, Utah and Snowflake, AZ so the reader can quickly see where Lucy lived.
Lucy Flake page material
25 Beautiful Minimalist Designs
You will have today and next time to design a "Lucy Flake" page for a book I'm hoping to publish. Use what you've learned about alignment, repetition, contrast, and proximity to create a page that's visually attractive and easy to read.
1. Open a Word document, go to File, Page Setup, and put in the following page dimensions: Top (1"); Left (2.05"); Bottom (1"); and Right (2.05").
2. Decide what fonts you're going to use; create a heading that reads Lucy Flake.
3. Insert visuals/photographs of Lucy, Prudence, and Will. Since the visual of Lucy is big, you should crop it (perhaps only keep her head and shoulders).
4. Create captions for the pictures.
5. Using proximity," include the following information on the page: birth/death/marriage dates, number of children.
6. Decide how to present the information about Will Flake--text box? caption?.
7. Extra Credit: Create a small map of Beaver, Utah and Snowflake, AZ so the reader can quickly see where Lucy lived.
Lucy Flake page material
25 Beautiful Minimalist Designs
Friday, February 18, 2011
Book Chats
During Term 3, you should read 200 pages on your own. For each 50 pages that you finish, come to me to do a "book chat" for 10 points. During the book chat, I'll randomly open the book to the section you've just read and ask you to tell me what's happening at that point in the book.
Monday, February 14, 2011
PR Debacle PowerPoints Presentation Schedule
Thanks for all the work you've put in to this project! When you're scheduled, please make sure that you have your PP on a flash drive or on your email to present to the class.
Wednesday
Kalena
Lexi
Brin
Friday
Luis
Chris
Nic
Rachel
Spencer
Wednesday
Payton
Mark
Zach
Wednesday
Kalena
Lexi
Brin
Friday
Luis
Chris
Nic
Rachel
Spencer
Wednesday
Payton
Mark
Zach
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
PR PowerPoint Schedule
Feb 4--Writing Lab
Feb 8--Comma Day!
Feb 10--Writing Lab
Feb 14--Writing Lab
Feb 16 & 18--PowerPoint due; presentations
Feb 8--Comma Day!
Feb 10--Writing Lab
Feb 14--Writing Lab
Feb 16 & 18--PowerPoint due; presentations
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
January 25
Vocabulary Quiz: abyss, idiosyncrasy, lieu, loiter, atypical, lexicon
Public Relations PowerPoint: Review "Assertion-Evidence" slides. Practice recognizing "assertions" by playing Fact or Crap. Show you understand assertions by creating your own "assertion-evidence" slides.
Public Relations PowerPoint: Review "Assertion-Evidence" slides. Practice recognizing "assertions" by playing Fact or Crap. Show you understand assertions by creating your own "assertion-evidence" slides.
January 21
PowerPoint Analysis: PowerPoint presentations have been around long enough for professionals to tart criticizing them. Read two news articles to find out some of the drawbacks of PowerPoints and list them. Handout. The two readings can be found online by googling their titles.
Before and After PowerPoint slides: The best slides use an "Assertion-Evidence" pattern.
Writing Lab to start making your own PowerPoint.
Before and After PowerPoint slides: The best slides use an "Assertion-Evidence" pattern.
Writing Lab to start making your own PowerPoint.
January 19
Vocabulary Cartoons: abyss, idiosyncrasy
Public Relations: choose a company/celebrity to analyze
Writing Lab: start research on your company/celebrity
Public Relations: choose a company/celebrity to analyze
Writing Lab: start research on your company/celebrity
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
January 14
Conjunctions
1. Writers Inc.
2. printed exercises (fill in the blank)
3. thought reversers and thought continuers (from GRE)
1. Writers Inc.
2. printed exercises (fill in the blank)
3. thought reversers and thought continuers (from GRE)
January 12
1. Combine sentences: combine these 7 sentences into 1 sentence.
2. Decombine sentences: take apart this sentence and see how many short sentences you can make.
3. Grammar Girl--"Complex-Compound Sentences." Fill in the blanks.
4. Create complex and compound sentences--put these words strips in two piles (one for independent clauses and one for dependent clauses). Then try making up sentences by combining them. If you were absent, invent your own 5 sentences.
2. Decombine sentences: take apart this sentence and see how many short sentences you can make.
3. Grammar Girl--"Complex-Compound Sentences." Fill in the blanks.
4. Create complex and compound sentences--put these words strips in two piles (one for independent clauses and one for dependent clauses). Then try making up sentences by combining them. If you were absent, invent your own 5 sentences.
Monday, January 3, 2011
January 4
Ethics Unit
A Format for Ethical Decision Making: Analyzing "Shadow Scholar"
Entreprenuership--Taylor Turnbull, BYU Student Entrepreneur of the Year, is tentatively scheduled to speak to us this Thursday. Please do the following activity to prepare for his presentation.
Go to this site and read "How to Decide if Entrepreneurship is Right for You." Then write a COMMENT on this post that tells the class what parts of entrepreneurship would be personally "right for you" or "not right for you."
A Format for Ethical Decision Making: Analyzing "Shadow Scholar"
Entreprenuership--Taylor Turnbull, BYU Student Entrepreneur of the Year, is tentatively scheduled to speak to us this Thursday. Please do the following activity to prepare for his presentation.
Go to this site and read "How to Decide if Entrepreneurship is Right for You." Then write a COMMENT on this post that tells the class what parts of entrepreneurship would be personally "right for you" or "not right for you."
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